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People v. Spann

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 25, 2011
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 7499 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

5824.

Decided on October 25, 2011.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), entered on or about February 5, 2010, which denied defendant's CPL 440.46 motion for resentencing, unanimously affirmed.

Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Paul Wiener of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Sean T. Masson of counsel), for respondent.

Tom, J.P., Saxe, Moskowitz, DeGrasse, Abdus-Salaam, JJ.


The court properly exercised its discretion in determining that substantial justice dictated denial of the motion ( see generally People v Gonzalez , 29 AD3d 400, lv denied 7 NY3d 867). Defendant's history of recidivism and absconding outweighed the positive factors cited by defendant, including his prison record ( see e.g. People v Soler , 45 AD3d 499 , lv denied 9 NY3d 1009).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Spann

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 25, 2011
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 7499 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

People v. Spann

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GERARD SPANN…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Oct 25, 2011

Citations

2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 7499 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
931 N.Y.S.2d 498